Sept. 6, 2021 – Neutral – Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta, Ga. – Attendance 30,709
Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| Mississippi | 9 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 43 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 12:35 | James Turner 38-yard field goal, 5-21, 02:17 |
| 3rd | 01:58 | Braden Smith 4-yard pass from Malik Cunningham (James Turner kick), 13-70, 06:17 |
| 4th | 08:58 | Malik Cunningham 1-yard rush (James Turner kick), 14-70, 05:07 |
| 4th | 03:58 | Malik Cunningham 9-yard rush (James Turner kick), 9-78, 03:06 |
| Louisville | Mississippi | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 22 | 31 |
| Rushing | 8 | 13 |
| Passing | 11 | 16 |
| Penalty | 3 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 155 | 188 |
| Rushing Attempts | 39 | 41 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.0 | 4.6 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 4 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 172 | 212 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 17 | 24 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 200 | 381 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 23-38-1 | 22-32-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.3 | 11.9 |
| Average Per Completion | 8.7 | 17.3 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 355 | 569 |
| Total offense plays | 77 | 73 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.6 | 7.8 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 9-74 | 14-125 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-133 | 2-80 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 44.3 | 40.0 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 44.3 | 39.5 |
| Inside 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 50+ Yards | 1 | 0 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 2 | 1 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 4-155 | 8-479 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 38.8 | 59.9 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 36.0 | 37.5 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair Catch Yards | 38 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-1-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 1.0 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 8-179-0 | 1-11-0 |
| Average Per Return | 22.4 | 11.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-15-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 35:52 | 24:53 |
| 1st Quarter | 08:40 | 06:20 |
| 2nd Quarter | 09:39 | 05:21 |
| 3rd Quarter | 08:34 | 06:26 |
| 4th Quarter | 08:14 | 06:46 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 6-15 | 2-9 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 3-5 | 3-3 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 4-5 | 7-8 |
| Touchdowns | 3 | 5 |
| Field goals | 1 | 2 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-13 | 2-5 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-3 | 4-5 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| Points off Turnover | 0 | 10 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Malik Cunningham | 18 | 87 | 8 | 79 | 2 | 14 | 4.4 |
| Jalen Mitchell | 12 | 52 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 17 | 4.1 |
| Hassan Hall | 6 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 2.7 |
| Trevion Cooley | 3 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 3.7 |
| Totals | 39 | 172 | 17 | 155 | 2 | 17 | 4.0 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Malik Cunningham | 22-37-1 | 191 | 1 | 28 | 2 |
| Braden Smith | 1-1-0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-38-1 | 200 | 1 | 28 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Marshon Ford | 4 | 50 | 0 | 28 | ||
| Josh Johnson | 6 | 40 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Jordan Watkins | 4 | 35 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Tyler Harrell (2) | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Ahmari Huggins-Bruce | 2 | 18 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Justin Marshall | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Malik Cunningham | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Jalen Mitchell | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Braden Smith | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 23 | 200 | 1 | 28 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Mark Vassett | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 53 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 53 | 1 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Hassan Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 169 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice Burkley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Braden Smith | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 179 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 3rd | 12:35 | 38 | Good |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Brock Travelstead | 2 | 105 | 52.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Chalifoux | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 155 | 38.8 | 0 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Hassan Hall | 16 | 0 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 185 |
| Malik Cunningham | 79 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
| Jalen Mitchell | 49 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Marshon Ford | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Josh Johnson | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Jordan Watkins | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Tyler Harrell (2) | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Ahmari Huggins-Bruce | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Justin Marshall | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Trevion Cooley | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Maurice Burkley | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Braden Smith | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Hassan Hall 1-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 27 | Kenderick Duncan | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | C.J. Avery | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Qwynnterrio Cole | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Jack Fagot | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greedy Vance | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Kei'Trel Clark | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.5-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Yasir Abdullah | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.0-7 | 1.0-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Chandler Jones (2) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Monty Montgomery | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Nick Okeke | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Tabarius Peterson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0-6 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Ashton Gillotte | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.5-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Derek Dorsey | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Dorian Jones | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ahmari Huggins-Bruce | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 98 | Ja'Darien Boykin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 45 | 22 | 67 | 2.0-13 | 4.0-22 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| C | 66 | Cole Bentley |
| RG | 74 | Adonis Boone |
| RT | 56 | Renato Brown |
| LG | 55 | Caleb Chandler |
| QB | 3 | Malik Cunningham |
| TE | 83 | Marshon Ford |
| WR | 18 | Justin Marshall |
| RB | 15 | Jalen Mitchell |
| LT | 70 | Trevor Reid |
| WR | 4 | Braden Smith |
| WR | 1 | Jordan Watkins |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| CB | 2 | Chandler Jones (2) |
| LB | 22 | Yasir Abdullah |
| LB | 9 | C.J. Avery |
| NT | 92 | Malik Clark |
| SS | 12 | Qwynnterrio Cole |
| DE | YaYa Diaby | |
| FS | 27 | Kenderick Duncan |
| LB | 38 | Jack Fagot |
| LB | 7 | Monty Montgomery |
| DE | Ramon Puryear | |
| CB | Greedy Vance | |
5-Shai Werts, 8-Tyler Harrell (2), 11-Nick Okeke, 13-Kei'Trel Clark, 14-Marvin Dallas, 19-Hassan Hall, 21-Aidan Robbins, 23-K.J. Cloyd, 24-Mitch Hall, 26-Kani Walker, 28-Trey Franklin, 29-Tabarius Peterson, 31-Zach Edwards, 32-James Turner, 35-Zay Peterson, 36-Maurice Burkley, 37-Ryan Chalifoux, 40-Brock Travelstead, 41-Isaac Martin, 42-Allen Smith, 44-Dorian Jones, 45-Duane Martin, 49-Mark Vassett, 61-Bryan Hudson, 68-Michael Gonzalez, 84-Dez Melton, 90-Jacquies Turner, 91-Derek Dorsey, 97-Ashton Gillotte, 98-Ja'Darien Boykin, 99-Dezmond Tell, Jaylin Alderman, Henry Bryant, Trevion Cooley, Brady Hodges, Ahmari Huggins-Bruce, Josh Johnson, Francis Sherman